“…Isatin-derived azomethine ylides were recognized as typical dipoles and generally generated in situ by decarboxylative condensation of α -amino acids with isatins, which then react with dipolarophiles [ 31 ]. Significantly, diverse dipolarophiles have proven highly fruitful, including electron-deficient alkenes (activated by nitro [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ], carbonyl [ 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ], or other electron-withdrawing groups [ 41 , 42 , 43 ]), alkynes [ 44 , 45 , 46 ], arylacetylenes [ 47 ], allenes [ 48 ], N -heteroenes [ 49 , 50 ], and strained cyclopropenes [ 51 ]. However, previously reported methods mainly focused on the traditional ‘single target’ approach, and thus, only one type of spirooxindole skeleton can be prepared via the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of isatin-derived azomethine ylides to monogroup-activated dipolarophiles.…”